Adjustable drainage fitting for water closets, etc.



l. A. BENNETT.

I ADJUSTABLE DRAINAGE FITTING FOR WATER CLOSETSI ETC. 1' g APPLWA'IIOIIFILED SHT. 3, 1920.

Patented Mar. 21, N22

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ZWEVENWWH LIAEQWP 722022? JACKSON A. BENNETT, OF LOS ANGEIIES,CALIFORNIA. O Z i I M ADJUSTABLE DRAINAGE FITTING FOR WATER CLOSETS,ETC.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

PATENT @FFECEO Application filed September 8, 1920. Serial No. 407,944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, JACKSON A. Bnlfmnrr, a citizen of the United States,residing at "Los Angeles,

in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented newand useful Improvements in Adjustable Drainage Fittings for WaterClosets, Etc, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide drainage fittings forwater closet bowls and the like, by the use of which the drain emwiththe drain connections ployed in connection with a plurality of watercloset bowls may be suitably inclined to obtain the desired drainage,and the plurality of water closet bowls readily attached to the inclineddrain while supporting the bowls at the sameelevation. 'This'result isaccomplished by providing a drain having vertically elongated openingsat its connections with the respective bowls, the respec-- tive bowlsbeing. arranged to communicate at any point along the elongatedopenings.

It is a further object'of the invention to provide an improved battlecarried by the water closet bowls and projecting into the respectiveconnections with the drain.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a constructionwhereby the weight of the water closet bowls is supported by theflooring and is not carried by the side wall from which the bowlsextend.

Further objects of the invention will be readily understoodfrom thefollowing description of the accompanying drawings'in which- Figure 1 isa front elevation of an inclined drain having a plurality 'of watercloset bowls attached thereto at the same elevation by means of theimproved fittings.

Figure 2 is a transverse section partly in elevation through a drainhaving connections with water closetv bowls at opposite sides of thedrain by means of the improved fittings.

Figure 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a portion of a drain having inserted thereinone of the connections of a fitting arranged to make connection with awater closet bowl at one side only of the drain.

In the drawings I have shown an inclined drain adapted to have aplurality of water closet bowls connected to the same. The bowlspreferably extend outwardly from a Patented'lwar. at, was.

side wall, and the drain is positioned at the and be connected to thedrain by means of the improved fittings.

The drain consists of pipe sections 1 connected by couplings 2, and thedrain is arranged at any suitable inclination to obtain the desireddrainage. The couplings 2 consist of a body portion 3 open at itsrespective ends and arranged to receive the ends of pipe sections 1; Ahollow extension 4 projects laterally from the body portion 3 in theform of the invention illustrated in Figure 4, and in the form of theinvention illustrated in Figure 2 one of said lateral extensionsprojects from each side of the body portion 3. 1 These lateralextensions form chambers 5 communicating with the bore of body portions3 of the couplings, and said extensions are so arranged as to elongatethe chambers 5 vertically with relation to the bore of the couplings,and form elongated open ends 5 for said chambers. The lateral extensionspreferably terminate in flanges 6 surrounding openings 5 and adapted tobe received against the fittings of the water closet bowls arranged tocon1- municate with the drain.

One of the water closet bowls is shown at 8 as provided at its rearportion with a c0nnecting flange 9 by which it is secured to a wall. Theconduit leading from the bowl is shown at 10 as terminating in a flatsurface 11 against which the end of a discharge nipple12 is arranged toimpinge. ple extends rearwardly from the bowl through a suitable opening13 in the side wall, and the end surface of the nipple adapted to abutagainst the end of conduit 10 is preferably provided with an annulargroove 13, in which is received a gasket 1%. The opposite end of thenipple has a thread ed engagement 15 with a stationary plate ofthe/fitting received against the inner surface of the side wall, and,-byscrewing the nipple with relation to this plate, the gasket 14 may becompressed in order to form a leak-proof connection between the nippleand the conduit of the water closet bowl.

The plate received against the inner eur face of the side wall is shownin detail in Figure 3, and consists of a main portion 18 having thedepending standard 19 adapted This nipto rest upon the floor forsupporting said plate. The plate is provided with bolt holes v2O adaptedto receive bolts 21 extending through the flange 9 of the water closetbowl and through the side wall so as to be threaded; into openings 20.By this arrangement it will be seen that the plate is supported from thefloor, and the water closet bowl is supported by the plate, therebyrelieving the to the water closet bowls with the flanges 6 of theextensions 4 received against the respective plates 18. Since the watercloset bowls and the plates 18 are supported from the floor, and all ofthe plates 18 are supported by standards 19 of the same length, thebowls and plates are at thesame elevation. The drain 1 is inclined,however, and the couplings are, therefore, at different elevations. As aconsequence, the flanges 6 are received against plates 18 at diflerentelevations. In orderto connect the flanges 6 to the plates 18 atwhatever point in elevation they may abut a ainst one another, theplates 18 are provided with rearwardly pro jecting bolts 26, at therespective sides of the same. These bolts are in alinement with theflanges 6 at the sides'of chamber 5, andare received through elongatedslots 27 formed in the sides of flanges 6. By this arrangement verticaladjustment of the couplings of the drain relative to the plates 18 andthe water closet bowls is possible. Nuts 28 are received upon the endsof bolts 26 so as to abut against the walls of slots 27 and therebyclamp the drain couplings to the plates 18. In practice suitable gaskets30 are preferably provided between the meeting surfaces of flanges 6 andthe plates 18,

in order to provide a leak-proof passage-- elongated openingstransversely of said drain, of members adapted to communicate with saiddrain and having openings leading into said elongated openings at anypoint along the latter.

2. The combination with a drain having 'vertically .elongated openingstransversely of said drain, of supporting plateshaving openings, meansfor connecting said plates to said drain so that said plate openingscommunicate with said elongated openings at any point along the latter,and members supported by said. plates and having dischargescommunicating with said plate openings.

3. The combination with a drain comprising sections connected bycoupling members, said couplings having lateral chambers the ends ofwhich form elongated openings, flanges surrounding, said openings,supporting plates, plumbing elements provided with discharges supportedby said plates, said plates having openings communicating with saiddischarges, said coupling flanges being received against said plateswith the plate openings communicating with said elongated openingsat anypoint along the latter, and means for connecting said plates to saidflanges at adjusted points.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JacKsoN A, BENNETT.

